This link.
The situation of overbuilt shared-wall housing is ripe for decay. It is a matter of government concern, and policing the quality of rental housing whenever tenancies change is a matter of public interest. In shared wall living situations, policing quality is a matter of fairness to the neighbors. They deserve having adjacent rental quality maintained to not depreciate their ownership equity.
Whether on or off council, any rental owner objecting to having inspections of premises upon changes of tenancies is suspect. What's there to hide? It's being kept up, isn't it?
Read the article. Try to figure out who's trying to lessen community standards of protection of housing stock. If anyone. But it is a government responsibility to not let rental slum growth have even a chance to happen in Ramsey.